Curtain support



. 25 and the window/frame parts; andFigi isa kPatented June v1'7, 1930 jUNITED,STATES "i taten PLTENTGFFICE# Y .HAROLD I..Y Dn'trsnnorcHIfoAGdIILLmoIsl l CURTAIN y, Aptiication alea'augnst 1,

These improvements relate to curtain sup-` y ports for use at windows and the like. "The prime object is to provide simple, substan-` tially lowcost,.strongand durable means forrv 5 supporting a plurality of curtains in a strong and substantial way, to good appearance, and in such manner that the curtain or curtains may be removed and replaced from time t'o `'timein a' simple, easy and expeditious way.V 1t One feature is to provide an adjustable supy port whereby a given commercial unitmaybe applied to window framesof various widths,

. OtherA objects and advantages will appear hereinafter. Y v Y I r Inthe accompanying drawings Figure 1 isk p a perspective ofthe improvementiasapplied for use, and in a highly advantageous form, a part of the structure being broken away; Fig.

2 is a perspective ofithe unit freeaof the cur-y tains shown yin Fig..1; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary front and partly sectional view, on anen'-` larged scale, at the left hand end ofthe construction shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4f islatra'ns-z verse, section through the device, the'curtains fragmentary transverse section showingI ldetails. l a; l f

yMy improved curtain suport is preferably made of thin sheet metal, as iron, but itf'ina'y be of othenmaterialsv or ofcomb'inations of materials as desired. As shown it comprises a substantially iiatmain body 9 comprising interfitting and .overlapping members 10 and 10a. f The member 10 or'lOaniay extendlfrom endv to end of the device, making the toplunitary and nonadjustable; As shown theparts wherebyv the length of the device maybe substantally telescopically adjusted to lmeet the requirements of the window frame width at a particular location.

As an article of'manufacture thedevice in certain standard' lengths, without thel adj ust-l able feature, would iind application very eX- tensively in homes, fhotels, ofhce buildings andthe like where the window frames are largely of standard widths, while the article with the adjustment feature incorporated would meet the requirementsy of Window lformed tojeXt'end` downwardly from' the unoft at `1 Warth lo and l m er Ol ovm? aap e'ac O e1"mation ofthe" ridgesprovidestroughehke surrom; i v p 192s. seriaif 110,296,694. v l y frames of what mightbe termed odd dimen-g,v S0I1S.1I t; ff z' The ii-at top, cover or vvmain support is nor` mally horizontally disposed at the'topof thewindow frame,1and inthe construction illus- V tratedit is held in place bygscrews or nails Q12. v lt has a substantial width, meaning from front to back,=zwhich may varyjfromV several inches to six orreight inchesgor'imore, accord! f ingto-'the effect desiredl lJt-is'further held, Ggf and so as to carry 'considerable weight, by end ybrackets 13y which are; shown as beingintegralv withthe top `member, being Vsimply turned downward at right angles. thereto.: The top.

maybeformedand thenwhile being held in thedies the ends aslmay be turned over and? flattened out.; y.Screwsas'li hold the brackets 13 at the sideof the window frame. v

An outer .front flange S15v is turned inor- Inally downward on the upper or main sup-k port9,-or on itsmembers 10 and I'Ozasthe case may be, and a plurality of longitudinal-` ly-feXtending ribs von;pridges Z16--1andt 17 (markedl'fland 17? forathepart 10a) are derrsur'faceof the top'orlmain support; These y ridges extend from endto end ofthe device and Vare spacedapart ,from front `to back l' '.Theygandthe yfront-.flange 15, 15a, con

stituteancoring or 4holding elements forfthe curtains'. They are shown as being continu'- ous from endtoend butztheir continuity isf notessentialfastheyare functional only at iniV tervals. v*VVithrespect togtheir` functional partsthey provide rows'or series of curtains holding or attachingelements.'

Atthe uppersurkfaceof the body `the for.l

recesses or depressions. f Where'the telescopic or overlappingadjustable featurer is employed 2the depressionsas 16a. andA 17a ,are

vsomewhat reducedinproportion's, to the eX- j @The front flange'lv, Vprovided with a plurality of circular holes 2O spaced apart, say several inches, in a series extending from end to end of the device. They continue also around the end walls 13 at 23. rIhe same size and kind of holes 21 and 22 are punched at corresponding intervals in the front walls of the ridge-like projections 16 vand 17 respectively. Y

These ridges 16 and 17 arev preferably formed with walls spaced apart as v'shown so that the punching of thev holes'as 21 Y'and`22 therein may be done before the formingoperation. punched holes in bothwallsinto thedesired juxtaposition unless both walls were punched after being formed. V

The flange 15 and the ribsor projections as land 17 at these holes constitute a formfof attachment means for a curtain or curtains.'

These attachment means are in lines, rows or vice.

vMy preferred means on the curtains forholding them in place are snap buttons as 25, each having an interfitting and removably interlocking engagement with the metal at the various attachment holes20, 21, 22 and 23. Such snap button constructions are well k-nown and are used variously as on` gloves, automobile curtains, etc. l They are secured at appropriate intervals along the upper edge ofY the curtain, and theV curtain may thereby be applied or removed in what would seemtobe the minimum of time, and areheld quite strongly.

Instead of` such snap button, hooks, as 26,

may be employed, as shown at one place in Fig. 21. Such hooks may be vof the hook-andeye type sewed yupon the curtain or-th'ey'may be of the well known kind in which thereis a safety-pin construction for attaching the hook to the fabric. l Y Y Various other forms ofreadilyreleasable andi removable connection means between the curtain and the supprting device may be employed... 'j vThe device'as-illustrated contemplatesthe use of two "curtains-proper and avalance. I

haveshown aflace or other thin fabric curtain 27 over which (and sometimes only at the outer edge thereof) is the heavier fabric curtain ordrape 28, ordinarily drawny aside and secured'at the margin of the window frame or hanging straight down lat the sides.' The valance 29 is a short ornamental outer drape covering the upper ends o f the other curtains and providing .thedesired lfinish.l Such lan arrangement of curtains is well known. `My

-main b'ject is to provide means for accomplishing this desired arrangement with notable advantages over the means and methods heretofore employed. s

At the central overlapping of the body parts as shown there is a doublefthickness of i. metaLbut as the metal is very thin the snap It would be diflicult to""bringV button passes through both thicknesses. The holes as 2O may be substantially close together at the overlap to provide for the registry of such holes in the two members at Shorter spaces of adjustment; and the same is true with respect to the holes 21 and 22.

Such V,curtains are removedfrom time to time for cleaning, replacement andxrepair, ordinarily entailing much labor. According touthese` improvementsV these operations are rendered very simple, easy and expeditious. An important feature is that the support as a whole may be very readily applied, and by thel unskilled workman, and, when in place, affords a peculiarly neat and strong device for the purpose. 1

I contemplate as being included inv these improvements all .such changes, variations and departures fromwhat is thus specifically illustratedand described as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 1. ,A curtain support of the character describedcomprising a substantially flat main support normally horizontallydisposed and adaptedto be securedadjacent tothe top of a window frame or the like and having a plurality of rows ,of curtain-supporting elements closely adjacent to the support and on the .valsthereof for holding. a lcurtain in suspended yrelation thereto. i

3. Ina curtain support of the character described, the combination of a normally horizontal, longitudinally-extending member having substantial width and a length approximately that of the window frame or the like with which usedv and having a pluico uit

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rality` of longitudinally-extending rows of 4 perforated l curtain-supporting elements eX- tending a short distance normally downward on the under surface thereof, the perforations vof said elements providing means for j attaching a curtain thereto.

41A curtain support of the character described comprising a substantially flat main body rof thin sheetmetal normally horizontally disposed and havin@ its normally front end provided with any integral flange and having rib-like curtain-holding elements projectingrnormally downwardfrom the under surface of the body, said elements being ari ranged'in rows extending from end to end of the device, the rows being spaced apart from front to back of the device, said flange `andsaid elements having means for attach` ing curtains thereto.

5.*A curtain support of the character de-Y scribed comprisingV a main body formedof thin sheet metal and having a substantially flat upper surface extending normally from f side tosideof a window frame or the like,

said body having an outer integral flange provided Vwith a series of attachment holes, a

, longitudinal rib-like extension on the bottom of said body and provided` with a series of attachment'holes, and means for holding said body'in normal position for use.

6. A curtain support of the character described comprising a pair of substantially at top members, each having parts interfitting with the other to provide for longitudinal adjustment ofthe members with respect to each other, each member having rows of "means on and extending normally downward a short distance from the lower surface thereof for attaching curtains there-to, and means (ill for holding said members as a unit adjacent to awindow frame or the like. y Y

VF.YIn a curtain support of the character described, the combinationy of two plate-like, normally horizontally extending members of sheet metal having overlapping engagement with each other for longitudinal adjustment and each having a longitudinally-extending rib-like element extending downward a short distance on the under surface thereof, said elements interlitting with each otherV at the loverlap of the members, and means at spacedapart places along the front marginal edge of the members and'on said. rib-like elements for securing curtains thereto respectively.

HAROLD L. DE LISLE.- 

